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| We invite you to participate in the Divine Appearance
and Revelation of Adi Da Samraj. A profound transformation
becomes possible at the depth of life and consciousness, through
the Blessing-Transmission Inherent in Adi Da’s Orpheum Revelation,
His Divine Image-Art, Sacred Sightings of Him, and the Musical
Offerings that will occur in this retreat.
presented by Adidam Europe |
Dates: Thursday, July 5 - Sunday, July 8, 2012
Place: European Danda, Maria
Hoop, The Netherlands.
presentation
sections:
- Video Introduction
- Recent Events Hosted by Steve Brown
- Retreat location: the European Danda
- More information (cost, contact, registration, etc.)
- The Art Exhibit at the European Danda
- Videos of past retreats
- Pictures from past retreats
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 full page link  If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 01:56 event date: July 5, 2012 views: 4986  You are invited to "I Have Appeared From The Realm Of Light": A Four-Day Retreat at the European Danda. Dates: July 5 - 8, 2012 Place: The European Danda (the Netherlands). A devotional, literary, theatrical, and artistic happening, led by longtime devotee Steve Brown, with special guests Ruchiradama Nadikanta, Naamleela Free Jones, and Ruy Carpenter. More information here. For upcoming retreats at the European Danda, check our Special Events page. Videographer: Matt Braithwaite |
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 If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 03:49 event date: July 5, 2012 Dates: July 5 - 8, 2012 Place: The European Danda (the Netherlands). (Darshan clip starts at 2:13.) More information here. For upcoming retreats at the European Danda, check our Special Events page. |
Retreat
Host and Special Guests
This retreat will be hosted by Steve Brown with the participation
of three special guests: Ruchiradama Nadikanta, Naamleela Free
Jones and Ruy Carpenter.
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Steve Brown has been a formal devotee of Adi Da Samraj since 1984, and was personally instructed by Adi Da in the sacred arts, particularly music and theatre. He has performed, produced, and directed enactments of Adi Da's Orpheum Trilogy within the First Room Theatre Guild for over 25 years, where he is presently Artistic Director. |
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Ruchiradama Nadikanta is a senior renunciate devotee of Adi Da. Having lived and served in His Direct Company for 38 years, she now travels around the world to invoke Adi Da’s Presence and Speak about His Divine Revelation. |
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Naamleela Free Jones, youngest daughter of Adi Da Samraj, lived with Him closely for nearly three decades, dedicating herself to serving His unique Life and Work. She is a musical composer, producer, and classical pianist. |
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Ruy Carpenter has been a devotee of Adi Da since birth. He is Naamleela's partner, and was a principal technical assistant to Adi Da in His art studio from 2006-2008. |
Recent Events Hosted by Steve Brown
during his worldwide tour
Steve Brown hosting an event in Cleveland,
Ohio
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From participants at recent events Steve hosted: It was a profound experience for me. I was completely engaged the entire time. A rarity. This was not a lecture or sermon. It was something unlike anything I've experienced before. Though I hadn't heard of Raymond Darling before this, or any of the other characters mentioned, it didn't matter. I can't say that I understood everything I heard and experienced. But I can say that it resonated with me in a unique way and I found it very moving. I want to learn and experience more of this. Steve amazed me many times. What he did was so much more than just "acting." His voice and gestures were a conduit for something so much bigger than that. I didn't feel like I was simply sitting there, watching and listening. I felt like I was part of everything happening. At one point toward the end, I became aware of everybody's breathing and felt like we were all part of a larger organism, which was itself part of a larger organism. I felt that in such a different way than I have before. It was certainly a transformative experience. This was a wonderful event, and I feel incredibly grateful and honored that I got to attend it. I feel like I just took my first few steps on my journey back home. Jackie K. (non-devotee) Steve Brown's Event of The Mummery Book was filled with Adi Da's direct Communication. I literally felt that Steve was in egoless divine communion with Adi Da, enabling Him to speak and act through His devotee. There was a tangibly visible sense that Steve was not abstracting himself from The Mummery Book, but was instead allowing its Communication to be lived presently. I felt and understood The Mummery Book as Adi Da Himself and as myself in a Mysterious manner which I find hard to fully elucidate. Nonetheless it had a powerful impact that has stayed with me, and I am presently reading it with new eyes and ears. David Y. (non-devotee) I'm so glad that I was able to attend the Mummery event yesterday. I have never experienced anything like what I saw, heard, and felt. What Steve talked about really resonated deeply within me — especially regarding the ego. This is what I continuously go through, each and every moment of not identifying "myself" with the ego. It's so easy to slip up and fall into that patterning but then through Adi Da, I let go of all that and just simply turn and commune with Him. My heart was deeply moved. Alexis C. (non-devotee) The retreat center here is filled with beautiful flowers and [Adi Da's] most palpable Presence. This afternoon Steve Brown presented his "performance enhanced" sacred arts presentation taken from The Orpheum Trilogy. I cannot fully express, without sending my whole heart to you, just how extremely powerful Steve's "whole body puja" was. He was "on fire" with heart felt magnification of [Adi Da's] Dharma and superbly brought to life the Prologue, among many other excerpts from The Mummery Book. I am still feeling the heightened energy of Beloved's Dharma from Steve's nearly three and half hour "event". Ron H. (devotee) |
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 If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 04:21 event date: July 5, 2012 In this video clip from that retreat, Steve talks about the Revelation that is Adi Da's Divine Love, drawing from his time on retreat in Adi Da's Company on Adi Da Samrajashram, in 1990. This clip also serves as a preview for the November, 2014 retreat that Steve will be hosting at the European Danda, "Divine Ecstasy Is Natural to You Because I Have Been Born", which coincides with the Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Adi Da's Birth. |
Steve Brown hosting an event in Cleveland,
Ohio
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Steve Brown hosting an event in an intimate
venue in Portland, Oregon
Steve Brown hosting an event in an
intimate venue in Trinidad, California
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Steve Brown hosting an event in an
intimate venue in Trinidad, California
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Steve Brown hosting an event in an
intimate venue in Potomac, Maryland
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Steve Brown hosting an event in an intimate
venue in Natick, Massachusetts
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Steve Brown hosting an event in an intimate
venue in Natick, Massachusetts
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Steve Brown hosting an event in an intimate
venue in New York City
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Steve Brown hosting an event in an intimate
venue in New York City
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Steve Brown hosting an event in an intimate
venue in New York City
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Steve Brown hosting an event in an intimate
venue in Montreal, Canada
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Retreat location: the European Danda
The
retreat will be held at our Spiritually-Empowered Center in the
south of the Netherlands. The Danda is a former monastery . .
. a quiet place, and a place where Adi Da twice resided. It houses
the the largest collection in the world
of Adi Da’s Transcendental Realist Art, and art tours and
presentations will be offered during the retreat. Filled with
Adi Da’s Presence, it is a perfect location to retire from worldly
stress and distraction to sink into the deepest feeling of Reality
Itself.
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Your retreat will include 3 great vegetarian meals per day, contemplative walks in our private forest and plenty of opportunity to ask your questions to Steve or other devotees of Adi Da.
More about the European Danda at www.EuropeanDanda.org
Da Peace site
PLACE: European Danda
Annendaalderweg 10,
NL-6105 AT Maria Hoop,
the Netherlands
Railway stations Echt, Roermond, Geilenkirchen close-by. Airports Eindhoven and Maastricht. Pick-up from railway stations possible.
COST: €425. Includes lodgings and delicious, vegetarian
meals for 4-day retreat (3 overnights).
Early Registration (extended to June 10): €325
LANGUAGE: English, with support services in Dutch and German
To register or for more information:
- United Kingdom: Tel. + 44 845 330 1008, or email: uk@adidam.org
- Germany: Tel. + 49 30 21478179, or email:
- All other countries: email us at info@adidam.nl
You can also register using the European Danda's online form.
If you are interested do let us know as we may be able to arrange
a car share.
The Art Exhibit at the European Danda
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 full page link If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 01:09 views: 4188 The gallery maintains a permanent exhibition of works by Adi Da Samraj and is open from Wednesday to Saturday, and once a month on a Sunday, but can also be visited by appointment. The gallery is located in an old monastery in Maria Hoop in the south of Holland close to the borders of Germany and Belgium. Read more about The Adi Da Museum of Art here. Note: You may not be able to play this particular video on this site on your iPad or iPhone, but you can still watch it on YouTube. |
More information about the Gallery here.
Clips from recent retreats (including events and responses) at
the European Danda.
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 full page link If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | part 1 of European Danda Retreat March 2012 length: 04:27 event date: March 2012 views: 5135 From the March, 2012 Retreat at The European Danda. For future retreats, visit our Special Events section. For more stories like these, visit our Blessings, Miracles, and Extraordinary Evidence section. To view more parts in this series, click here. |
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 full page link If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | part 2 of European Danda Retreat March 2012 length: 03:28 event date: March 2012 views: 5350 From the March, 2012 Retreat at The European Danda. For future retreats, visit our Special Events section. For more about young people growing up in the Adidam community, click here. To view more parts in this series, click here. |
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 full page link If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | part 3 of European Danda Retreat March 2012 length: 06:32 event date: March 2012 views: 3627 From the March, 2012 Retreat at The European Danda. For future retreats, visit our Special Events section. To view more parts in this series, click here. |
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 If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 14:14 event date: October 6, 2011 views: 2542 For upcoming retreats at the European Danda, check our Special Events page. Videographer: Matt Braithwaite |
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 If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 07:21 event date: August 2011 views: 2733 For upcoming retreats at the European Danda, check our Special Events page. Videographer: Matt Braithwaite |
Pictures from the August 2011 retreat at the European Danda
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